Abu Dhabi
Dubai opens world's tallest building amid financial crisis
January 04, 2010Developers are not revealing the exact height of the Burj Dubai until its official debut. But they say the $1.5 billion tower will reach 200 stories into the sky. It will stretch 300 meters higher than Taiwan's Taipei 101, which currently holds the...
Gulf Oil Producers, Others Ready To Dump Dollar
October 07, 2009Britain's daily "The Independent" has reported that Gulf Arab oil producers held secret talks with oil buying states on moving away from using the dollar as the sole currency for transactions. Just hours after the story was published, Saudi...